“You rolled back diversity,” she said, “so who’s in the room, now, to say ‘hey, this is wrong?’” #AntiDEI #Target #racism https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/business/target-apologizes-halloween-costume-backlash-hnk

I'm stealing some time tonight to listen to Monday's presentation on our upcoming and much anticipated Charlottesville Mobility Plan. #cville #TransportationPlanning https://www.youtube.com/live/S-aH2eZU71s?si=HdAv-QgzAlsAw99i&t=710

Ben Chambers: "I'm a little bit late this year." Very happy that we got here. Better late than never. Love that our safety improvements to the 5th Street stroad is moving forward. Love that we finally know what bus stops we have and how they are working. Probably overdue. #transit

Interesting to learn that our fare free transit system creates some data gaps. We know people are transferring but we don't capture those transfers since there is no friction. Shelters and benches coming soon, finally. I have had many questions on this over the years.

Our ebike voucher lottery continues to be popular, as expected. Sign ups are live now until the end of July https://connect.charlottesville.gov/charlottesville-e-bike-voucher-program

My grandmother Anita “Honey” Rosenberg grew up with Mel Brooks in Brooklyn many years ago. She said he wasn’t funny and he was “a pain in the ass.” Happy birthday Mel, glad you got funny. #MelBrooks

@gsuberland DNS or AI or both

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/virginia-voters-approve-democrats-redistricting-plan-giving-party-midt-rcna340895 #Virginia #VAPol #USPolitics #elections

@cwebber Can it help me AI?

https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/charlottesville-city-officials-promise-not-to-displace-unhoused-community-members-during-an-encampment-cleanup-effort-this-week/ #cville #homelessness #housing

#TIL there is a limerick about klein bottles:
A mathematician named Klein
Thought the Möbius band was divine.
Said he: "If you glue
The edges of two,
You'll get a weird bottle like mine."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle
#poetry #KleinBottle #Math

https://abcnews.com/Health/measles-cases-surpass-900-us-infections-24-states/story?id=130139484 “About 94% of cases are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown” #USPolitics #Measles #PublicHealth

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5364940/chlorinated-chicken-trump-tariffs-uk-eu “American producers should heed their European counterparts and try to emulate their "farm to fork" approach, not lobby to have those countries change their standards to accommodate the U.S.” #FoodSafety #poultry #tariffs #UK #USPolitics #PublicHealth #standards

I’ve watched a few versions of A Christmas Carol during this most festive of seasons and especially last night I kept thinking about how unbelievably wealthy and privileged Dickensian England was during colonialism. All of this suffering and child labor and disease and filth was during a time of unbelievable luxury and privilege. They chose suffering, they chose inequality. Feels uncomfortably relevant to present day society.

Shout out to Man Who Invented Christmas and Christopher Plummer’s Scrooge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Invented_Christmas_(film)

Looking into this a little, Dickens appears to be reacting against the Poor Laws of his time, which were passed after the disruptions of the Black Death to suppress wages, crack down on travel, and force people to work who otherwise would choose not to given the terrible pay and working conditions of the time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Poor_Laws

https://www.29news.com/2025/12/17/charlottesville-ends-flock-camera-pilot-program-over-privacy-concerns/ #flock #cville #privacy

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-has-a-problem-nobody-wants-to-buy-or-use-its-shoddy-ai “Microsoft's sales people are "struggling" to meet goals, owing to a complete lack of demand” #AIBubble

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/12/05/balcony-solar-bill-among-state-commissions-energy-recommendations-to-general-assembly/ #Virginia #VALeg #BalconySolar #solar “It allows people to hang a solar panel outside their apartment or condominium and plug it into their house so they can net the power in their own little condo or apartment on their own”

@dalias Freddie Oversteegen simulator? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Oversteegen